Detroit City chords by
Joe Tex
Joe Tex

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Key: F major
Verse 1
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I want to go home.
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G

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I want to go home.
D
D

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A

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D
D

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Oh, how I want to go home.
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A

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D
D

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Last night, I went to sleep in Detroit City
A
A

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And I dreamed about the cotton fields
D
D

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and home
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G

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I dreamed about my mother,
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D

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Bm

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dear old Pappy, sister and brother.
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E

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I dreamed about the girl
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A

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who's been waiting for so long.
D
D

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I wanna go home.
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G

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I wanna go home.
D
D

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A
A

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D
D

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Oh, how I wanna go home.
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A

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Home folk think I'm big
D
D

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in Detroit City
A
A

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From the letters that I write,
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D

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they think I'm fine
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G

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But by day I make the cars
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D

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Bm
Bm

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And by night I make the bars
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E

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If only they could read
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A

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between the lines.
Cause you see,
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D

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A
A

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D
D

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I rode a freight all the way up north here to Detroit City.
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A

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And after all these years
I find that I've been here in Detroit City
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D

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just wasting my time.
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G

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So you know what I'm gonna do?
I'm going to take my foolish pride
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D

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and put it on the side where
Bm
Bm

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I'm afraid and ride.
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E

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Guess I'll go on back to the loved ones,
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A

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the loved ones that I left so far behind.
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D

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Oh, I want to go home.
G
G

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I want to go home.
D
D

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A

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Oh, how I want to go home.
D
D

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I ain't fooling, I wanna go home.
Can't seem to raise my fair,
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G

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but I wanna go home.
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D

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A

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D

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Help me somebody, oh, I wanna go home.

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